Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appeal to the cantonal tax appeal court was filed in time despite the service fiction.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The Einsprache decisions were deemed served on the seventh day of the collection period; the subsequent cantonal appeal was therefore late.
Extrahierte Begründung
Because a pending procedural relationship existed and the taxpayers had to expect the decisions, the service fiction applied even with a post holdback order.